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To obtain a passport, you must provide the documentation that shows you are entitled to one. The normal sort of documentation is proof of citizenship.
If you already appeared on a US passport, that pretty much establishes the documentation. Otherwise applicants for a first passport are expected to submit their birth certificates or naturalization certificates.
I am not saying it's impossible to get a US passport without being a citizen, because there are some exceptions, such as green card immigrants whose application for citizenship is pending, non-citizens who are enlisted in the US armed forces, etc. But if you insist on being in one of those exceptional categories - especially if your documentation shows you to be a conventional US citizen - your passport application will be kicked up and up to higher levels of authority to determine, resulting in a considerable delay in getting your passport. And you still might be told that you get it as US citizen or not at all.
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